At Least 23 Hurt In 7-Alarm Fire In The Bronx January 2, 2018 at 5:10 pm NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nearly two dozen residents and one firefighter were hurt in an early morning seven-alarm fire in the Bronx. The fire is believed to have started around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday in a furniture store inside a four-story […]
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AT LEAST 22 CIVILIANS, FIREFIGHER HURT IN LARGE SCALE FIRE
WTVA, NY: A fire that ripped through a four-story mix-use building in the Bronx Tuesday morning has injured at least 22 people … A fire that ripped through a four-story mix-use building in the Bronx Tuesday morning has injured at least 22 people and a firefighter, as crews battled freezing temperatures in their fight against […]
Read more...Bronx fire escape was choked with people
Bronx fire escape was choked with people: ‘There was no room,’ says survivor JULIA JACOBO Friday, December 29, 2017 08:31PM Survivors of the New York City apartment building that was engulfed in flames Thursday night described their harrowing attempts to escape the blaze. The deadly fire was sparked by a 3-year-old boy who was […]
Read more...12 dead, 4 injured in fast-moving fire
12 dead, 4 injured in fast-moving New York City apartment building fire At least 12 people were killed and more were seriously injured on Dec. 28, 2017, in a fire at an apartment building on a frigid night in the Bronx in New York. Jennifer PeltzAssociated Press The deadliest residential fire to hit New York […]
Read more...Man fatally falls from fire escape after fight with girlfriend
A man who threatened his girlfriend with a knife early Sunday fell to his death after losing his footing on the fire escape as he tried to climb back into their Bronx apartment, police said. Pedro Polanco, 27, and his 36-year-old girlfriend had friends at their flat on 182nd St. near Mapes Ave. in Belmont […]
Read more...Blaze leaves nine injured
Blaze engulfs Bronx building, leaves nine injured Nine people were injured when a fire erupted inside an apartment on University Ave. at Eames Place in Fordham Manor. (JANIFEST/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO) BY ROSS KEITHESHA RAY NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: Saturday, December 9, 2017, 11:21 PM Nine people were injured Saturday when a fire ripped through […]
Read more...‘Worst landlord’ admits demolishing building with family inside
A Harlem landlord has admitted putting a family’s life in danger when he started ripping out walls and fire escapes in an effort to get them to leave their rent stabilized apartment. Ephraim Vashovsky pleaded guilty in New York State Supreme Court today to Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree and Endangering the Welfare of […]
Read more...Hamilton Heights fire engulfs roof of apartment building, injures nine, officials say
A fire that heavily damaged a Hamilton Heights apartment building Friday, displacing residents and sending a massive plume of smoke into the sky, is finally under control Saturday morning. The six-alarm fire broke out at 565 W. 144th St., near Broadway, just before 3:15 p.m., according to fire officials. High winds caused the rapid spread […]
Read more...Fire kills 2 in Dyker Heights, arson suspected
Fire kills 2 in Dyker Heights, arson suspected POSTED 9:04 PM, NOVEMBER 9, 2017, BY MYLES MILLER DYKER HEIGHTS, Brooklyn — Roaring flames burst from the windows of an apartment building in Dyker Heights where two people died in a fire that’s being investigated as arson, sources said. The fast moving fire was deliberately set […]
Read more...FDNY EVACUATES MOM AND BABY FROM BROOKLYN FIRE ESCAPE
FDNY EVACUATES MOM AND BABY FROM BROOKLYN FIRE ESCAPE Twitter photo via @NYCFireWire By NY1 News | November 7, 2017 @9:08 AM City fire crews on Monday worked to quickly evacuate a mom and her infant after a fire engulfed a building in Brooklyn. Flames broke out around 3 p.m. on the second floor […]
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